[unknown]

It is my opinion that a filing deadline extension does nto benefit anybody.

All it will do is delay the inevitable, and give procrastinators more time

Give accountants a longer and bigger headache, imagine doing tax returns well into May....

Not that I care one whit about golf...

To accountants in tax practice, April 30 (and some years May 1 or May 2) is tax freedom day.

May 1 is the accountants' national holiday!


Let's squash any talk of extending the deadline.

[RL Tax Joe]

As I said before. The lodging of the return is the easiest and quickest thing to do. Everyone and anyone can prepare the return right now. They just can't file it.

I could see if there was some major flaw in the tax returns that required fixing or something that would take people away from filing, but come on....other than people not getting their refunds, this problem is only a problem to the tax preparers.

[Arliss]

Here here.

[James1]

snowplowguy, on Mar 10 2007, 07:15 AM, said:

I am not in favour of extending the tax filing deadline beyond April 30th.

However..... some of us may run into some unexpected issues ourselves arising from this computer outage..... as I was reminded yesterday.

Any Canadian who has not spent the last week in a cave has come to learn they can not file their T1 returns electronically until the system becomes operational. I am starting to field calls from clients asking whether they should still bring in their returns now or hold off until they hear the CRA computers are back online. I'm not worried about these clients not coming in....... I'm just concerned about them all showing up at once...... say in about 3 weeks.

I expect for every call I get asking this question....... a dozen won't call...... but will decide themselves to wait until they learn that efile is open for business.

Depending on how long the system is down...... this could be the calm before the storm. :)

I would agree. do not extend the filing deadline. I have other work to do in May.

James

[unknown]

I use a routine in tax season where we call clients to bring their stuff in, based on when they came in last year. Helps the workflow.

[JohnDearin]

I am telling my clients to come in as usual, first in, first filed, first with the refund when CRA is back on line. The **** centres are still there, there is no reason to have a filing deadline extension. Ridiculous suggestion. Once again, CRA incompetence, our cost!!

John Dearin

[James1]

JohnDearin, on Mar 10 2007, 11:36 AM, said:

I am telling my clients to come in as usual, first in, first filed, first with the refund when CRA is back on line. The **** centres are still there, there is no reason to have a filing deadline extension. Ridiculous suggestion. Once again, CRA incompetence, our cost!!

John Dearin

In the Winnipeg Free Press Today

Tax deadline stays



SASKATOON -- While a computer glitch that is preventing people from filing their taxes online is "a very serious problem," it doesn't mean the deadline for filing a return will be extended, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Friday.

"All I can say is, we're obviously . . . on the backs of the department to get on with fixing this problem as soon as possible," Harper said.

The glitch at the Canada Revenue Agency shut down the system that accepts online tax returns sometime Sunday night or Monday morning.


If the PM say so then it must be right. ;)

James

[David Blue]

I agree, no extension: How will I justify my additional surcharge for files that come into my office the last 3 days of tax time that have to be filed by April 30. I open a bottle of my favorite single malt May 1. No screech will touch these lips.

[unknown]

David Blue, on Mar 10 2007, 11:27 AM, said:

No screech will touch these lips.

Not MY screech in any case!

[unknown]

Let's vote guys!

[unknown]

thanks for your support, spg!

[ChrisG]

NO NO NO!

From the several hundred clients that I see each tax season, most come in at the same time each year. I can predict who will be here on February 15, March 15 and so on. I know that the sloths who come on the last two days of the filing season will come on May 6 if they hear the deadline is extended. I have one guy who for the last 10 years shows up around 3pm on the very last day. He doesn't call to make an appointment but I know that he will be coming and pencil him in anyway.

And, I will have a Bacardi Black or maybe a good Polish vodka.

[ADAMSandASSOC]

We have already decided that we close at 4:00 PM on April 30th whether CRA grants a filing extension or not.

All the extension will do is grant the slackers among my clients another reason to put it off.

I plan on being anywhere but my office for the first week of May and nothing CRA can do will change that

Just my two cents worth


Norman Adams
ADAMS and Associates Ltd

[James1]

ADAMSandASSOC, on Mar 12 2007, 09:46 AM, said:

We have already decided that we close at 4:00 PM on April 30th whether CRA grants a filing extension or not.

All the extension will do is grant the slackers among my clients another reason to put it off.

I plan on being anywhere but my office for the first week of May and nothing CRA can do will change that

Just my two cents worth


Norman Adams
ADAMS and Associates Ltd

Just tell your clients that your filing deadline is April 30 per usual. If they want to file after just triple the price.

James

[Tanis]

I find that a majority of our clients are proprietors and farmers who have a deadline of June 15th, so extending the deadline has no effect on us. Instead we get to have two season-end parties, one on May 1st and another on June 16th.

Just my $0.02.

Tanis

[Rich Aknk]

James1, on Mar 10 2007, 12:54 PM, said:

In the Winnipeg Free Press Today

Tax deadline stays



SASKATOON -- While a computer glitch that is preventing people from filing their taxes online is "a very serious problem," it doesn't mean the deadline for filing a return will be extended, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Friday.

[JohnDearin]

Well, now that the prime minister has stated this, we have nothing to worry about, because he keeps his word!

(Most sarcastic post I have ever made :lol: )

John Dearin

[unknown]

Sorry Joe for the blatant plagiarism:

RL Tax Joe, on Mar 9 2007, 07:00 PM, said:

come on now John...The Liberals would have done the exact same thing if the roles were reversed.

Lets not make everything partisan.